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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Prior and convent of Trentham. King. The prior and convent request that the king...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/244/12191
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This record is about the Prior and convent of Trentham. King. The prior and convent request that the king... dating from [c. 1344] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/244/12191
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1344]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior and convent of Trentham.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The prior and convent request that the king command his council to view the evidences of the king's right to present to their house, and that the king's sergeants be commanded to maintain the king's right, and command the earl of Lancaster to cease his suit of quare impedit against the sub-prior concerning the present prior.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Trentham, [Staffordshire].
- People mentioned
- Henry [of Lancaster], Earl of Lancaster.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1344 as the priory seems to have been in conflict with the earl of Lancaster in 1343, and had been so impoverished by the acts of evil-doers that the house had to be taken into the king's protection in April 1344 (CIM 1307-49, no.1864; CPR 1343-5, p.252).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the secret seal letter formerly enclosed with this petition, see SC 8/244/12191
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
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- Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous, vol. II, Edw II - 22 Edw III, (Public Record Office, 1916), no.1864 (inquisition stating that certain men of the earl of Lancaster entered the priory without the assent of the canons and remain there)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. VI, 1343-1345, (Public Record Office, 1902), p.252 (taking of the house into the king's protection because the house is impoverished by injuries done to the house by evil-doers)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9439796/
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